parent-child

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

router.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import config from './config/environment';

const Router = Ember.Router.extend({
  location: 'none',
  rootURL: config.rootURL
});

Router.map(function() {
  this.route('parent', function() {
    this.route('child');
  });
});

export default Router;

routes.parent.child.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  
  model: function() {
    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve) {
      setTimeout(resolve, 1);
    });
  }
  
});

routes.parent.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  
  deactivate: function() {
    console.log('deactivate!');
  }
  
});

templates.application.hbs

<p>Steps to replicate:
	<ol>
  	<li>go to 'parent'</li>
    <li>go to 'parent/child'</li>
  </ol>
</p>
<p>Result: parent route#deactivate is called (logged to console)</p>
<br>
{{#link-to 'parent'}}Go to parent{{/link-to}}
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}

templates.parent-loading.hbs

LOADING

templates.parent.hbs

{{#link-to 'parent.child'}}Go to parent/child{{/link-to}}

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.12.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.9.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.9.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.9.0"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "2.9.0"
  }
}